Lexicon
קַדְרוּת
qad.rut
H6940
H:N-F Hebrew

darkness

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qad.rut denotes the darkness with which the heavens are clothed in Isaiah 50:3.

The attested use denotes darkness as the covering placed upon the heavens in Isaiah 50:3.

Senses in use

  1. Darkness covering the heavens · dominant

    In Isaiah 50:3, the feminine singular absolute noun occurs in the statement that the heavens are clothed; the APB renders the clause, "I clothe the heavens with darkness and make sackcloth their covering."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 50:3, the APB presents the clause as clothing the heavens "with darkness." This rendering confirms the verse's image without isolating every contribution of the noun.

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